Q: Is 3,542,220 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,542,220 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,542,220 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 33 36 44 45 55 60 66 90 99 110 132 165 180 198 220 330 396 495 660 990 1,789 1,980 3,578 5,367 7,156 8,945 10,734 16,101 17,890 19,679 21,468 26,835 32,202 35,780 39,358 53,670 59,037 64,404 78,716 80,505 98,395 107,340 118,074 161,010 177,111 196,790 236,148 295,185 322,020 354,222 393,580 590,370 708,444 885,555 1,180,740 1,771,110 and 3,542,220, with no remainder.

Since 3,542,220 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,542,220, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).